by Leah Brooke
His smile fell, a muscle working in his jaw. “When I left Natalie behind, the need became worse. Every woman had Natalie’s face. I wanted them to depend on me for the pleasure. I wanted to make them beg.”
Struck by the hint of desperation in Hoyt’s tone, Jake nodded. “Like you wanted Nat to beg.”
Shaking his head, Hoyt cursed and shot to his feet, going to the refrigerator for a bottle of water. “No matter how far I went, it was never enough. It never gave me the satisfaction I wanted. It wasn’t about the control anymore. It was about her.” Smiling faintly, he stared out the window. “I love her so damned much. I didn’t even realize how much.”
Turning, he leaned back against the counter and sipped his beer. “I was furious with her for years, and dominated other women in an effort to forget her. It was heady, and addictive. I couldn’t stop thinking that the more I learned, the more prepared I’d be for her.” His lips twitched as he looked down at his hands. “Now my hands shake at the thought of having her.”
Jake chuckled, feeling better than he had in months. “I can’t say that I blame you for that. She’s an exciting woman.” Getting to his feet, he refilled his coffee cup and turned, leaning back against the counter. “The only way this can work is if we stick together. One sign of weakness will shake her security. She has to know that we’re united in rules for her, in protecting her, in seeing to her needs.” Grinning, Jake sipped from his cup. “And she’ll make mincemeat out of both of us if she senses any weakness.”
Hoyt looked toward the doorway and sighed again. “Do you really think she’s up for this tonight? She looked a little unsettled.”
Pleased to see Hoyt’s concern for Nat, Jake smiled. “She’s restless because of the bank robbery. She’s scared that they really are going to lock you up, and she’s worried that she’s going to get used to the three of us being together, only to have the rug pulled out from under her. I can’t do anything about the first two, except try to distract her enough to stop worrying about it. A trip to the playroom should do that. The time we spend together with her should also go a long way to showing her that we have every intention of making this work. If we take her to the playroom together and are united about the way we handle her, it should ease some of her fears.”
Hoyt grimaced. “I hated that she looked embarrassed after we made love this morning. It pisses me off that she feels uncomfortable facing you after she’s with me.”
Jake inclined his head. “I agree, but it’s something that only time and our attitudes about it will resolve. I didn’t help with it today, but seeing her come out of the bedroom all flushed, and seeing the developing intimacy between you hit me harder than I thought it would.” He took another sip of coffee before putting it aside, smiling faintly. “I also think she’s embarrassed for you to see how she responds in the playroom. She’s not used to submitting to you, and I think it has her shaken.”
Hoyt’s mischievous smile reminded Jake of the man he’d known years earlier, and told him that he was very much looking forward to the challenge. He set the bottle aside, grinning. “Then this trip to the playroom should be very interesting.”
* * * *
Wearing only her satin robe and slippers, Nat paced back and forth across the bedroom, her heart pounding with anticipation.
She couldn’t imagine what was taking them so long—the thought of them devising plans for her making her heart race even faster.
She’d slathered on the new body butter she and Jesse had created, every inch of skin glistening, scented, and tingling with sensual awareness.
Her silky robe brushed her nipples with every step, inflaming her even more. She knew she looked good, but she still had to admit to being a little nervous about Hoyt’s presence in the playroom.
Pausing, she pressed a hand to her stomach, the slight edge of panic still strong enough to shake her. She was scared of doing anything to hurt Jake—scared that Hoyt would decide that sharing her with another man wasn’t all he’d imagined.
When he saw the way she was in the playroom, would he realize that she wasn’t the woman he’d fallen in love with?
Straightening, she stilled at the deep silkiness of Jake’s voice.
“Even when I’m pushing her boundaries, she eggs me on, but her eyes are too expressive to hide what she’s feeling. That’s why I never blindfold her when I’m taking her out of her comfort zone. In all these years, she’s never used her safe word. I think it’s a matter of pride for her, so I have to watch her carefully.”Jake sighed. “We’re going to have to keep her in line, especially now that she’s going to have both of us spoiling her.”
Nat raised a brow at that.
She’d never considered herself spoiled.
She just tricked Jake into giving her what she wanted.
Hoyt laughed. “Oh, I don’t think we’ll have any trouble keeping Natalie in line. There are two of us now. That should even the odds a little.”
Nat smiled at that, anticipation bubbling through her veins.
Their possessiveness and protective natures could be a pain in the ass at times, but she could never respect a weak man and knew enough about herself to know that she would end up walking all over one.
Her heart swelled with love at the appreciation and emotion in their eyes as they both appeared at the doorway and smiled at her.
Her pussy clenched at the erotic intent in their eyes as they moved closer.
Jake went straight to the playroom door, unlocking it and pushing it open. “Come here, baby.”
Shooting a glance at Hoyt, she crossed the room to Jake on shaky legs. As always, a thrill went through her when his arms came around her.
Wrapping her arms around her neck, she leaned into him, looking up into his eyes. “I love you, you know.”
Jake smiled, lifting a hand to her face and pushing a tendril of hair from her cheek. “I know.” Slipping his hand inside her robe, he cupped her breast. “Nothing in the world gives me more pleasure.”
Nat pushed her breast more firmly into her hand and wiggled against him. “Nothing?”
Watching her closely, Jake smiled and pushed the edge of her robe aside, baring her breast. “Some other things come really close. Hmm, you feel and smell delicious. Makes me want to take a bite out of you.”
Hoyt strolled closer, reaching out a hand to caress the outer curve of her breast. “She’s always been that way. Drove me nuts.” His eyes, hooded and filled with anticipation, held hers. “Do you know how many nights I lay awake remembering the scent of her? The feel of her?”
Moving in behind her, he slid his hands to her waist, making short work of unknotting the belt to her robe. Sliding his hands inside, he cupped her breasts, touching his lips to the top of her head. “I still can’t get used to the idea that I can run my hands over her and breathe in the sweet scent of her whenever I want. I want to reacquaint myself with every inch of her.”
Gulping in air, Nat flattened her hands on Jake’s chest and leaned back against Hoyt, the feel of his hot hands moving over her breasts creating a stirring in her clit that had her shifting restlessly. Arching her back to push her breasts more firmly into his hands, Nat stared into Jake’s eyes, thrilling at the heat in them and his obvious enjoyment in watching Hoyt touch her.
Gripping her chin, Jake kept her face lifted to his, his gaze raking over her. “Sometimes, I can hardly believe it myself. I watch her when she’s sleeping. I stand and just stare at her when I have her spread and restrained in the playroom, and think—she’s mine.”
With a faint smile, he ran his fingertips down her abdomen and to her mound. “Every inch of her to use as I please. Hmm, interesting. She looks a little too smug tonight.”
Hoyt chuckled against her ear as a hard arm wrapped around her from behind and lifted her against an equally hard chest. The hard cock pressing against her ass added to the unyielding wall of iron heat behind her. “Let’s see if the two of us can’t wipe that smug look off her face.”
; With a hand at her back, he urged her forward. “Come on, little sub. Let’s see how smug you look once your Masters have their way with you.”
Nat trembled with excitement, looking up at each of them and struck by the combination of lust, love, and indulgence shining in their eyes.
Jake guided her to the center of the room where two leather straps hung from the ceiling. Tracing his fingers over her abdomen, he lifted her chin, his steady, watchful gaze giving her a warm sense of security that reinforced her confidence. “You know what to do. Hoyt wants to explore you and doesn’t want your hands in the way. Lose the robe.”
Pinpricks of awareness broke out all over her skin as she obeyed him, the slide of the silky material over her back and bottom intensifying the sensation.
Jake’s gaze sharpened as he watched the robe fall from her to puddle at her feet, the appreciation in his eyes making her feel very feminine and desired.
“Good girl. You look beautiful, baby.” The affection and hunger in his eyes flashed briefly, the remnants still lingering as a cold mask came over his features. “Lift your arms above your head and stick those pretty breasts out.”
A shiver of delight went through her at her husband’s icy tone—a tone that never failed to arouse her.
Her nipples beaded tight under his gaze, her inner thighs slick with her juices.
She couldn’t see Hoyt, who’d moved behind her, but when she turned her head to see him, a sharp reprimand from Jake had her turning back again.
“Nobody said you could turn around.”
The brush of denim-clad muscle against her bottom made her jolt, the sense of vulnerability growing stronger at the reminder that she stood completely naked before them while they both remained fully clothed.
Jake did this often to her, knowing that it made her feel even more exposed and helpless—knowing how much she loved it.
“Let’s get these hands out of the way.” Hoyt caught her wrists in one big hand and lifted them, while Jake watched, his eyes narrowed on her unprotected breasts.
Stepping forward, Jake reached out a hand, cupping her breast and sliding a thumb over her nipple. “All on display, and there isn’t a thing you can do to cover yourself, or protect yourself, is there, darling?” To reinforce her helplessness, he closed his fingers on her nipples, lifting them slightly away from her body until she cried out. “You’re going to let Hoyt explore you. Tease you. Torment you. You belong to him now, too. Every sweet inch of you.”
He released her nipples, the remnants of sensation sending stabs of pleasure to her slit.
The click of the locks above her head sounded loud and ominous in the tense silence, intensifying the sexual tension in the room. Tugging at her bonds experimentally, Nat swallowed heavy and nodded, her toes curling at another tug to her nipple. “Yes. Oh, God, Jake.”
Nat shivered, her head falling back on a moan at the slow slide of Hoyt’s fingertips from her wrists to her elbows, and then to her shoulders.
“Naked. Restrained. And at my mercy.” Hoyt’s lips brushed her ear. “I’ve dreamed of having you this way for years.” Nibbling at her earlobe, he slid his hands up her arms again and closed them over hers in an affectionate gesture that threw her off-balance. “It didn’t even come close to reality.”
His fingertips danced back down her arms again to her shoulders, pausing here and there to circle around to the underside of her arms and leaving little sizzles of electricity everywhere he touched—sizzles that all seemed to gather at her nipples.
His hands moved lower, electrifying every nerve ending along the way.
Slow seductive currents of sizzling heat.
Over her shoulders. Down her back.
Sharpening at her slit and her nipples.
Throwing her head back, she moved restlessly in an attempt to ease the aches his touch and Jake’s gaze created, but no amount of squirming helped.
Hoyt’s hands slid over her hips as he knelt behind her. His lips brushed over her bottom, over one cheek and then the other. “So soft. So firm. So beautiful.”
Crying out at the scrape of his teeth over her bottom, she twisted under Jake’s watchful gaze, the heat of it exciting her.
Hoyt’s lips moved down her legs and back up again, over her bottom and to her shoulders. “Delicious. I don’t think I could ever get enough of you. Of this.”
Straightening again, he pressed his body against hers, sliding his hands from her waist around to her belly, the light caress making her stomach muscles quiver.
Her unprotected breasts felt swollen and heavy, her nipples aching for Hoyt’s attention, pebbling even tighter under Jake’s intense gaze.
Hoyt caressed the sensitive underside of her breasts, his breath warm on her temple as he looked down at them over her shoulder. “Those pretty nipples look like they need some attention.”
Yes!
His fingers moved back and forth, closer and closer to her nipples, but not quite touching them. “I can’t wait to stroke them, tug them, pinch them.”
“Yes.” Arching, she moaned, her stomach clenching tighter when Jake moved closer.
Hoyt cupped her breasts, still avoiding her nipples. “I can’t get enough of you.” His lips brushed her arms. “You’re like a drug in my system.”
Nat shivered when his teeth scraped over the sensitive spot on her neck, lifting to her toes to try to get the friction she needed against her nipples. “If you change your mind, I’ll kill you.”
Hoyt groaned and pushed his cock against her lower back. “Never. I’m in this forever. I’ve waited too long for this. Ached for you too many nights. Loved you for too many years to ever think about walking away from the only chance I’ll ever get to have everything I’ve ever wanted. Do you belong to me now, baby?”
Biting her lip, Nat rubbed her thighs together, gritting her teeth. “Yes, damn it—as long as you belong to me, too.”
Hoyt’s touch firmed, becoming more insistent. Possessive. “I’ve always been yours.”
Jake’s eyes narrowed in warning. “Thrust those breasts out. Offer them to Hoyt.”
Shaking with arousal, Nat obeyed him, a low moan escaping at the slide of Hoyt’s warm hands closing on her waist.
“Very nice. I think I’ll accept your invitation.” Sliding his hands higher, he traced patterns over the underside of her breasts. “You’re being such a good girl. Now, be really still for me.”
Holding her nipple between his thumb and forefinger, Hoyt tugged, making her squirm at the sharp ribbons of pleasure to her clit. “Be still. I won’t tolerate being disobeyed any more than Jake does.”
Her toes curled at the rush of heat at her slit, her breath coming out in harsh gasps as she struggled to calm herself. “Sorry.”
Hoyt released her nipple, tapping it lightly. “Very good. Jake’s here with you. He’s still your Master and he’s watching out for you. You’re going to have to learn to accept me as your Master, too.”
Nat smiled, sharing a look with Jake as she leaned back against Hoyt. “I might not be as submissive as you expect. Jake likes it when I resist.”
Hoyt nipped at her earlobe. “You can resist me all you want. I’ll get you to submit. Now, be still so I can explore you the way I want to.” His voice lowered, becoming a soft caress. “I want to take my time. I want to learn every inch of you.” Closing his thumbs and forefingers over her nipples, he rolled them gently, but with enough pressure to bring her to her toes again and sending another rush of pleasure to her clit.
Nat sucked in a breath and pulled away from him, not to escape, but to increase the pressure.
Chuckling softly, Jake stepped closer—close enough to reach out and touch her. “She likes it rough, although she won’t admit it. You’ll see for yourself soon enough that she provokes it.”
“Likes to dare you, does she?” Hoyt released her nipples, pressing his hands against her waist to hold her against him as the feel of the blood rushing back into her nipples made her squirm. “If she behaves
herself, I’ll give her what she wants. For now, she’s going to have to be patient and still while I explore her a little more.”
Jake reached out to tap a nipple, smiling at her cry of pleasure. “Our Nat’s not real good with patience.”
Lifting her chin, Hoyt stared into his eyes. “Too bad. I don’t plan to rush this. I plan to savor every moment.” He moved around to stand in front of her. Caressing the underside of both breasts, Hoyt stared into her eyes. “I’d almost forgotten the effect such softness and responsiveness had on me. It’s damned irresistible.”
Trailing his fingers over the upper curve of her breast, he smiled. “She’s even more compelling and beautiful than she was before. I didn’t think that was possible.”
Jake ran a hand over her hair as he circled her, the small gesture filled with adoration. “She’s incredible all right. Her strength makes her even more compelling.” He stopped behind her, moving so close that she could feel the heat of his body against her back.
Placing his hands on her shoulders, he massaged gently and bent to kiss her hair. “She can be a handful.” The pride and love in his voice sent a thrill through her. “A strong woman with strong passions. A woman who isn’t afraid to explore.”
Staring into her eyes, Hoyt smiled as he ran his hands over her belly and abdomen. “Right now she seems pretty docile to me.”
Her stomach muscles quivered, her pussy leaking more moisture at the feel of his fingers sliding lower to lightly caress her mound.
Hoyt’s eyes narrowed, filled with challenge. “I want to see how she does with the nipple clips on while I explore the rest of her.”
Nat gulped and stared down at the clip Hoyt held in his hand, her breathing ragged as he moved it closer to her nipple.
Jake’s hands closed on her waist, his breath warm against her temple as he watched Hoyt over her shoulder. “Thrust those breasts out, baby. Show Hoyt how brave you are.”